Do you ever find yourself, during this time of COVID-19, experiencing unexpected tears?
We’ve all walked, on the news, through hospital corridors we never planned to visit. We’ve heard heartbreaking stories from families, the pleas of health care workers, the...
SALISBURY, Md. -- As much as the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary have succeeded in keeping coronavirus away from their charitable work at Joseph House, it caught up with them this week.
The sisters – all six of them...
Jack Scarbath, the president of the St. Patrick’s Chapel Historical Society in Cecil County, Md., died Dec. 6. He was 90 and a member of Good Shepherd Parish in Perryville, Md.
The chapel was built more than 200 years ago...
VATICAN CITY -- Mary's Immaculate Conception offers a glimpse to the promised life for all Christians who open their hearts to God and his grace, Pope Francis said.
Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on the feast of the Immaculate...
WASHINGTON -- Federal executions are at odds with Advent as a season "of anticipated redemption" and must be stopped, said the chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' domestic policy and pro-life committees.
"This Advent, the Lord comes to...
VATICAN CITY -- Even though the world is facing a pandemic that may limit many people's ability to celebrate the sacraments, particularly those people who are in isolation, quarantining or hospitalized with COVID-19, confession by phone is still most...
BETHANY BEACH -- About two dozen people braved a chilly, windy Saturday to Meet at the Manger on Dec. 5.
“Meet Me at the Manger” is an annual celebration of scripture and song held in front of a small Nativity...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis approved new changes to the Vatican's financial watchdog agency concerning its internal governance, hiring procedures and its role as a "supervisory" body.
Established in 2010 and charged with preventing and countering suspected money laundering and...
VATICAN CITY -- Barring any obstacles caused by the global pandemic, Pope Francis is set to begin international travel again in 2021 by visiting Iraq in March, which would make him the first pope to visit this nation.
"Pope Francis,...
VATICAN CITY -- No pandemic and no kind of crisis can extinguish the light of Christ, Pope Francis said.
May people let his light into their heart "and let us lend a hand to those who need it most. In...